Danielson Surname

26,817th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,034 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Danielson Surname Definition:

(Welsh, English) The son of Daniel (judged of God); the son of the Welsh Deiniol (attractive).

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Danielson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States17,7621:20,4062,576
Canada9921:37,1434,713
Sweden3761:26,1882,132
England1471:379,03426,619
American Samoa1081:51629
Australia1031:262,09423,895
New Zealand891:50,8808,201
South Africa601:902,96258,308
Nigeria391:4,542,122122,724
United States Virgin Islands351:3,154532
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Argentina181:2,374,634110,716
French Polynesia181:15,6003,086
Norway181:285,68329,080
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Liberia141:314,89517,893
Israel141:611,26042,949
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Madagascar91:2,627,7603,802
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Samoa41:48,452659
China31:455,773,85521,925
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
Scotland191:197,0117,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4701:34,1624,088

Danielson (6,798) may also be a first name.

Danielson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Welsh, English) The son of Daniel (judged of God); the son of the Welsh Deiniol (attractive).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This is a respelling of the Norwegian/Danish patronymic surname Danielsen, or Swedish Danielsson, meaning 'son of Daniel'.

- rdanielson

Danielson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Danielson Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Danielson (Russian: Даниэльсон) occurs most in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Danielson? popularity and diffusion

The last name Danielson is the 26,817th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 363,759 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Danielson live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America. Danielson is also the 79,088th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 6,798 people.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 17,762 people, or 1 in 20,406. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 16 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Washington, where 6 percent are found. Apart from The United States Danielson occurs in 67 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 5 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.

Danielson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Danielson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Danielson last name rose 1,208 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 668 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 79 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Danielson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Danielson are 9.84% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.61% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Danielson earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 21.45% less than the national average, earning 271,846 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 1.92% less than the national average, earning R 233,064 per year; in United States they earn 8.25% more than the national average, earning $46,710 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.94% less than the national average, earning $47,228 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Danielson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Danielson in the Russian language
Даниэльсонdanielson-

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